Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!compass.UUCP!worley From: worley@compass.UUCP (Dale Worley) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Smooth scrolling Message-ID: <8908031850.AA01154@galaxy.compass.com> Date: 3 Aug 89 18:50:36 GMT Sender: daemon@eddie.MIT.EDU Lines: 37 From: Dave Cohrs Date: Thu, 03 Aug 89 12:51:04 CDT > Yargh! Why don't you fix the padding specifications in your termcap > (and solve the problem *everywhere*), rather than putting information > about the display in scroll-up and scroll-down? What termcap? What padding specifications? It's sort of amusing that the X support doesn't use a termcap. It really should, since different X servers may have wildly different speeds for various operations. The workaround I sent is meant especially for use with emacs under X11, or any under window system for that matter, where emacs opens up a raw window (emacs under Suntools doesn't match this criterion). In that case, it doesn't use termcap to put the characters up on the screen. There's no termcap entry for a raw window. Well, you didn't mention that you were concerned with X. As far as I know, the *only* time Emacs doesn't use a termcap entry is under X. Working in a Suntools shop, it didn't immediately occur to me that this complaint was X-specific. The only thing I could fix would be the optimization code -- no thanks. BTW -- I only noticed the problem when scrolling. Umm, yes, but there are several different operations that cause scrolling. For instance, C-u C-u C-u C-u C-n will probably scroll your screen. Dale -- Dale Worley, Compass, Inc. worley@compass.com No one hates so bitterly as the lazy and poor contemplating the energetic and prosperous.